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Application.NewFamilyDocument

Description:
New family document, including family, titleblock, and annotation symbol

Remarks:
This command corresponds to File->New->Family.../TitleBlock.../Annotation Symbol....

public virtual Document NewFamilyDocument(
	string templateFileName
)

Public Overridable Function NewFamilyDocument ( 
	templateFileName As String
) As Document

public:
virtual Document^ NewFamilyDocument(
	String^ templateFileName
)

abstract NewFamilyDocument : 
        templateFileName : string -> Document 
override NewFamilyDocument : 
        templateFileName : string -> Document

String

templateFileName

The template file name.

Return Value Document Document

// create a new family document using Generic Model.rft template
string templateFileName = @"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\RST 2010\Imperial Templates\Generic Model.rft";
Document familyDocument = application.NewFamilyDocument(templateFileName);
if (null == familyDocument)
{
    throw new Exception("Cannot open family document");
}

ArgumentException

If 'templateFileName' isor an empty string.
InvalidOperationException

If the new family document cannot be created.